Observations of social competence of children in need of special support based on traditional disability categories versus a functional approach

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1129-1142

  Lillvist, Anne ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Observations; Preschool; Social competence; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956961731     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430902830297     Document Type: Article

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